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authorRob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>2014-08-27 11:19:26 -0400
committerDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2014-08-27 21:34:43 -0400
commit4d6923733f158e7f8f0695b43c30c22a59ec0a34 (patch)
tree32a4f130097806f77fe14c157784998c2e130fff /lib/Kconfig.debug
parenta80612273cf7369e321f101845e7c8844d875cd9 (diff)
ww-mutex: clarify help text for DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH
We really don't want distro's enabling this in their kernels. Try and make that more clear. Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> Acked-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 07c28323f88f..1b233fc67466 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -892,6 +892,10 @@ config DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH
892 the full mutex checks enabled with (CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) this 892 the full mutex checks enabled with (CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) this
893 will test all possible w/w mutex interface abuse with the 893 will test all possible w/w mutex interface abuse with the
894 exception of simply not acquiring all the required locks. 894 exception of simply not acquiring all the required locks.
895 Note that this feature can introduce significant overhead, so
896 it really should not be enabled in a production or distro kernel,
897 even a debug kernel. If you are a driver writer, enable it. If
898 you are a distro, do not.
895 899
896config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC 900config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
897 bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks" 901 bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks"